Criminals continue to target organizations and individuals with extortion schemes, in part via such cybercrime schemes as infecting targets with Ryuk and GandCrab ransomware, say Raj Samani, chief scientist of McAfee, and John Fokker, McAfee's head of cyber investigations.

As CEO of Terranova Security, an awareness training provider, Lise Lapointe sees an evolution of education programs that used to be merely phishing simulation tests. What are the most effective forms of training?

Attackers have hit North Carolina's Orange County with ransomware for the third time in six years. Government officials say IT teams have been working overtime to restore systems, and that no data has been lost.

The ultimate responsibility of every CSO and CISO is to foster culture change and awareness, because that is every organization's single greatest data security and physical security control, says Andrew Rose, CSO of Vocalink, which is a MasterCard company.

Aluminum giant Norsk Hydro has been hit by LockerGoga ransomware, which was apparently distributed to endpoints by hackers using the company's own Active Directory services against it. To help safeguard others, security experts have called on Hydro to release precise details of how it was hit.

As CSO of CDK Global LLC, Craig Goodwin has been part of the rollout of a new API platform that he believes will revolutionize automotive purchasing. Goodwin offers his perspective on security's role in application DevOps.

In today's hyper-connected enterprise, organizations are at risk of two different types of attack. Larry Link, CEO of Cequence Security, explains how to defend at a platform level - without adding friction.

Norsk Hydro, one of the world's largest aluminum producers, has been hit by a crypto-locking ransomware attack that began at one of its U.S. plants and has disrupted some global operations. A Norwegian cybersecurity official said the ransomware strain may be LockerGoga.